COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONRateBeer Special Release:
Behold the second of RateBeer.com’s
Worldwide Masters Series!
This request edition ale is the crafted alchemy of a party of some of Europe’s finest brewers, Mikkel Bjergsø and Kristian Keller of Mikkeller (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Urbain Coutteau, Carlo Grootaert, Phil
Driessens, and Peter Braem of De Struise Brouwers (Woesten-Vleteren, Belgium).
Both breweries have attracted considerable international attention for their artful interpretations of traditional ale styles enlived by a rich sense of invention. And both are also very highly esteemed by the
RateBeer.com international community of beer tasters. We hope you enjoy this unique little treasure.
Struise Mikkeller -- the product of master brewing and friendship. Celebrate this sense of camaraderie by sharing this bottle with your good friends!
- Joe Tucker, RateBeer.com

Struise-Mikkeller is as we said in the past "Best of two worlds". We delivered an IPA with 130 IBU (Batch I), 150 IBU (Batch II), 163 IBU (Batch III), 216 IBU (Batch IV), but a bitterness hidden the Struise way, counter balanced by maltyness, alcohol and rest sugars.

Orangish colour with many rests of sediments, off white head with nice lacework and good lasting. Aroma has notes of resins, pine, some fruity notes, mainly oranges and peaches. Flavor has a strong bitterness, very compensated with resins and fruity notes, hints of bittery oranges, peaches, grapefruit, some caramel notes are also present. The final has a good bitterness with good duration, perhaps a little bit astringent on palate. Creamy and dense on palate.

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